Nvidia Ampere: everything we know about Nvidia's RTX 3000 series so far

Nvidia haven’t formally announced their next-gen RTX 3000 graphics cards yet, but ever since they unveiled their new Ampere GPU architecture back in May, the internet has been rife with rumours about the release date, specs and price of Nvidia’s upcoming GPUs. Thankfully, it would appear we might be finally getting some proper, concrete information about Nvidia’s hotly anticipated RTX 3080, RTX 3080 Ti and maybe even RTX 3090 cards, as their GeForce Twitter account suggests something big is going down on August 31st.

To help you prepare for the big announcement and to help you separate fact from fiction, I’ve gathered up all the information I can find about Nvidia’s Ampere GPUs to try and make sense of the current online rumours. I will, of course, be updating this article on a regular basis as and when more information about Nvidia’s RTX 3000 GPUs gets announced, so watch this space for more details on the RTX 3080, RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3090’s release date, price and specs. For now, though, here’s everything we know so far.

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